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WATERVILLE, Maine — The search for 20-month-old Ayla Reynolds continued on Monday as the Maine Warden Service, state and local police investigators and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents combed the area to find the girl who was last seen Friday in her father’s home on Violette Avenue. The warden service began searching the surface and banks of Messalonskee Stream by plane, boat and foot on Monday, expanding the search area from the weekend, Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said during a press conference Monday afternoon. “It was logical considering [the stream’s] proximity to Violette Ave.,” Massey said, adding that the...

New York police have issued an Amber Alert for a 4-month-old believed to be with his parents in Massachusetts. The boy's father is Matthew Slocum, 23, who is wanted for questioning for a triple murder committed early Wednesday morning in New York state. The victims were found Wednesday after a house fire in Eagle Bridge, N.Y. Police believe Slocum is travelling with his girlfriend, Loretta Colegrove, 25, and their child, Raymond Slocum. Matthew Slocum is approximately 5’11’-6’ tall and 195 lbs. with brown hair. He is believed to have swatstika tattoos on his forearms. Colegrove is approximately 5’9” tall. Both...

MOUNT LAUREL — Authorities in Burlington County are searching for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Thursday night. Ciara Nicole Scheets, who resides in the Stonegate section of Mount Laurel, was last seen at her home at about 10 p.m., according to Mount Laurel police. The teen is considered an endangered person because of pre-existing medical issues, the police department said. They would not elaborate on the medical issues. Scheets is white, about 5-foot-4, with blue eyes and red/auburn hair, and weighs 150 pounds. Investigators are asking anyone who might know her whereabouts to contact the Mount...

COOKE COUNTY - The Amber Alert for a 12-year-old boy has been canceled. James Anthony Sanders has been found and officials said he is okay. The alert for Sanders was issued by the Cooke County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday. The alert came six days after the little boy went missing. Sanders’ mother was attacked on June 17. After that incident, investigators started searching for the child’s father, Michael Louis Sanders. Officials are not releasing a lot of details, but investigators believed the boy was with his estranged father.

A Middle Tennessee AMBER Alert has been issued for the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office. One year old Gabriella Goolsby, white female, brown eyes, brown hair, weighing 22 pounds and two year old Georgia Goolsby, blue eyes, brown hair, 3’ tall, 50 pounds. They are in the company of their mother, 21 year old Valory Veloz, white female, brown hair and brown eyes, 5’ 6” tall, 185 pounds. They are travelling in a 2006 Royal Blue Chevrolet Equinox, Tennessee license plate 699MFB. Veloz has threatened to kill herself and the children.

Parents of a little girl who disappeared Wednesday are hoping you can help find her.

Just because three Michigan brothers haven't been found alive yet doesn't mean hope is lost, the president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said today. Ernie Allen, president of the organisation based in Alexandria, Virginia, said the children still can be found. "What we know is that time is the enemy,'' Allen said. "The good news in this case is that response was swift.'' Allen said most of the 800,000 children reported missing each year in the US are recovered safely - even in abduction cases, where 60 percent of children are found alive. But if children...

(Nov. 28) -- Residents of a tiny Michigan town kept searching and praying today for three young brothers missing since Friday, when their dad turned up at hospital after a failed suicide attempt and told police he left the boys with a woman to return to their mother. Police in Morenci, Mich., said they've been unable to confirm much of the information that 39-year-old John Skelton provided about the woman and they fear the children are in "extreme danger." Authorities issued an Amber alert for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton on Friday . On Sunday, searchers focused...

"I am posting this as requested. Please, anyone who sees this, post anywhere and everywhere you can to help and try to find this girl. PLEASE CROSSPOST...URGENT! My daughter, Jackie Buyher, has been missing from the northwest side of Evansville, IN since Wednesday, Nov. 3rd. She is 16 years old, about 5' 6" tall, sandy brown hair (straight, shoulder length), hazel eyes, and weighs approximately 120 lbs. Friends that I am in contact with, as well as school officials, have not seen her since that day. A missing person's report has been filed with the Evansville Police Dept., and recently...

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - An eight-year-old girl was playing with a friend in the driveway of the apartment complex where she lived with her family earlier this week. Molestation suspect 24-year-old Gregorio Gonzalez lured the older girl with the promise of gifts -- and then forced her into an older rust-colored Chevrolet pickup truck with white stripes.The girl's mother and a neighbor pursued the girl and her abductor in a vehicle chase, but quickly lost them.Authorities issued an Amber Alert, which quickly escalated to a statewide bulletin about a small girl last seen wearing a purple "Winnie the...

It was a car chase that lead to a little girl's freedom. And now an unemployed construction worker is being called a hero. The little girl was playing with friends outside a home on Monday evening when she was approached by a stranger driving a 1975 Chevy pickup truck. Dyer told reporters, "He grabbed her and forced her into the pickup through the driver's door and sped off." Perez saw that video on the news, and when he left his home, he saw that truck -- and decided to follow it, cutting it off not once -- but several times....

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- Police in California say an 8-year-old Fresno girl who was apparently abducted while playing in her front yard has been found safe. Police spokesman Jeff Cardinale made the announcement Tuesday morning, about 11 hours after Elisa Cardenas disappeared and triggered a statewide Amber Alert. Cardinale says authorities have detained a possible suspect. Authorities say Elisa was playing with six other girls when a stranger approached them and managed to lure her into his truck...

FRESNO -- Authorities have issued an Amber Alert for an 8-year-old Fresno girl who was apparently abducted from her front yard while playing with a friend. The California Highway Patrol says Elisa Cardenas was taken around 8:30 p.m. Monday... ...She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a light purple Winnie the Pooh sweat shirt. Fresno police say the suspect is described as a male around 6-feet tall and in his 20s with a shaved head. He was wearing a white tank top and blue jean shorts and driving an older model, reddish brown Ford two-door pickup truck. The vehicle...

On Monday, September 13, 2010 Sergeant Larry Folsom was named the 2009-2010 Florida Missing Children’s Day Local Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. This award recognizes a local law enforcement officer for his or her exceptional or extraordinary efforts during a missing child investigation. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse’s Advisory Board selected Sgt. Folsom as this year’s award recipient based on his work in a 2009 missing persons investigation. The case originated in Denton County, Texas and involved an armed man taking his one year old son and fleeing the state. The man had...

Buzz up!UPDATE: 10:29 a.m.: Sheriff Steve Burns just told 11 Connects reporter Nate Morabito that the suspect, David Jackson, is Drake Boyd’s biological father. Burns thinks that Sunday was only the second time Jackson has ever seen the baby. The assault happened where Jackson was staying in Greene County at 8495 Asheville Highway (Highway 70 South). Burns says the mother whose name has not been released possibly lived in Kingsport. The mother’s car, a 1999 Dodge Intrepid, was taken after the assault, Burns said. The TBI confirmed that the car had been found in Newberry, South Carolina. Burns said the...

LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) -- Police are searching for a man suspected of taking a 4-year-old Missouri girl from her front yard in a small, quiet Mississippi River town. Alisa Maier and her 5-year-old brother were playing in the yard of their Louisiana, Mo., home about 8 p.m. Monday night. The boy told police a man he didn't know pulled up in a four-door car and ordered his sister to get in....

LOUISIANA, Mo. -- Police scoured a creek Tuesday for clues into the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl who may have been abducted from the front yard of her eastern Missouri home. Police said Alisa Maier was playing with her 5-year-old brother outside their home in the town of Louisiana Monday night when a man pulled up in a black four-door passenger car and took her away, KSDK reported. The only witness to the alleged abduction was the girl's brother, who told police he saw his sister get into the car with a man he did not know, Louisiana Police Chief...

ALL FREEPERS PLEASE KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR MY DAUGHTER WHO HAS BEEN TAKEN BY WIFE. WIFE FALSELY ACCUSED ME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 3 WEEKS AGO, RESTRAINING ORDER LIFTED BY JUDGE 5PM, MAY 12. WIFE TAKES DAUGHTER AND FLEES SOUTH FLORIDA, DRIVING 2009 BLACK BMW 328I SPORT WAGON. POSSIBLY HEADED FOR SAN ANTONIO, TX. BOLO!! BOLO!! LILLIAN EMMA HASKELL AGE 2 DOB--6/22/2008 BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES VERY SMALL FOR AGE 31 INCHES TALL 18 POUNDS WEIGHT HAS MEDICAL NEEDS TRAVELLING WITH MARY ANN HASKELL BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES COB--7/7/1953---AGE 56 5'8--145 POUNDS

A 14-year-old Georgia girl who had been missing for more than a week was found Wednesday night when police raided a house in a community not far from her home. Amber Graham of Aragon, Ga., was found in a house in the nearby town of Rockmart. Police, using a search warrant based on a tip, arrested the occupants of the home: Stacie Fennell and her 15-year-old son, who was identified as the girl's boyfriend. Authorities said Amber was unharmed. Fennell and the boy, who was not named because he is a juvenile, have been charged with obstruction of justice, hindering...

Police in the small Georgia town of Aragon are stepping up the search for Amber Graham, a 14-year-old ninth grader who vanished eight days ago. U.S. Marshals and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will be joining what has been a low-key search for the last seven days as concern for the girl’s safety mounts, Aragon Police Captain Dwayne Alexander said. According to the girl's godmother, Ruthann Battles Dabbs, Amber's mother last saw her in her bedroom at 11:20 p.m. on Saturday Feb. 20. The girl said she would be ready for church in the morning. Amber's mother looked into the...

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/faketext2.asp If you get this e-mail/text message "Amber Alert" please do not forward it --- It is an old fake that keeps popping up..

PHOENIX – Phoenix police have rescued a 5-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted on Christmas Day. Sergeant Andy Hill with the Phoenix Police Department said 5-year-old Natalie Rose Flores and her two sisters, aged 7 and 9, were playing by a tree in a common area of an apartment complex near 19th Avenue and Cactus around 2:15 p.m. The girls are staying with an aunt, who reportedly has legal custody of the children, and her boyfriend, in an apartment in the complex. The parents live separately out of state. Hill said the male suspect parked his truck in the parking...

Florida Authorities Search for Girl, 7, Who Vanished After School [Pic in URL] Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Florida officials have expanded their search for a missing 7-year-old girl who vanished while walking home from school Monday afternoon. Somer Thompson was last seen about 2:45 p.m. while walking home from Grove Park Elementary school in Grove Park, northern Florida. She was with her twin brother, 10-year-old sister and friends and reportedly ran ahead of them after getting into a fight. When her brother and sister returned home, they said she was not there. When Somer did not return home, her mother...

DENVER CITY - The Denver City Police Department has issued an amber alert for the son of a murder suspect in Denver City. Police are searching for 3-year-old Mitchell Romero. He has black hair and unknown other physical discriptions. The suspect, 34-year-old Mario Romero, who is wanted in connection with a murder, was last seen driving a maroon 2004 GMC Yukon with Texas License plate 43WFX6. Law enforcement officials believe the 3-year-old is in grave or immeadiate danger. If you have any information, please call Denver City Police at (806)-592-3516.

DALLAS - Dallas police on Wednesday issued an Amber Alert for Daisja Weaver after her pregnant mother reported that the infant was kidnapped from the family home about 12 hours earlier. The 20-year-old mother told officers that someone snatched her baby from the far North Dallas apartment in the 5800 block of Preston Oaks Road at about midnight. She said the man tried to sexually assault her and that she fought him off, police said. They said the woman reported that the intruder grabbed 9-month-old Daisja Weaver, who was sleeping in a car seat, and took off.

An Australian father's speedy rescue of his two kidnapped sons has embarrassed Swedish police, who struggled with the case for six months. Armed with just a pair of binoculars and a rental car, it took the unidentified man only one week to find his missing sons, aged 11 and 10, in Sweden. "It is a genuine failing mark to the work of the police," columnist Lars Lindstrom wrote in the Swedish newspaper Expressen. "(The father) went on leave, flew from Melbourne to Sweden and found them in a week. How did that happen?" The boys were allegedly abducted in October...

please pray for our family. my 16 yr old niece has gone missing. police are doing all they can and looking for her car. we dont know if she ran away with her 19yr old boyfriend of if this guy kidnapped her. her purse with all her i.d. was found at his appt. which had been cleared out. we know nothing about this boy and did not even know she was dating him. our girl has sadly become an accomplished liar. pray for my brother and his wife and son and for the girl please. thank you.

February 26, 2009 My son Joshua James Culbertson boarded a Greyhound Bus Schedule Number 1683 in Indianapolis Indiana on February 22, 2009 bound for Eureka California, Humboldt County. He was due to arrive last night at 9:30 pm in Eureka. He never made it. Joshua is a person with schizophrenia and according to his father in Indiana he was deteriorating mentally. Why in the blazes did he put him on the bus in that condition I will never know. Joshua may be confused and upset and may lash out to himself or others. He may have gotten off the bus...

An Amber Alert has been issued for 1-year-old female Yuvia Cortez. The suspect is 30-year-old male Alejandro Cortez. The child abduction occurred today in San Bernardino County. The suspect is possibly driving a 1993 white Lexus ES300 with the California license plate number 5BIU118. The car has traffic collision damage to one of its doors. Police say the incident occured during a child visitation. An act of domestic violence was involved, but police did not elaborate on the nature of the incident. To report possible sightings, call 911.

Missing From: Alexandria, VA Missing Date: 10/19/2008 10:00 AM Issued for: Virginia: Statewide Contact: If you have information, please contact Fairfax County Police Department, 703-691-2131 Circumstances: The Virginia State Police and Virginia Missing Children Clearinghouse have issued an AMBER Alert on behalf of the Fairfax County Police Department on 10/19/08 at 20:00 hours. The child is believed to be in danger. He was last seen at Shoppers Food Warehouse in Alexandria, VA. Missing Child Name: Kameron Deveaux Wells Alias: Hair Color: Black Eye Color: Brown Skin Color: Black Age: 5YO Height: 3FT0 Weight: Gender: Male Description: The child has a...

LAS VEGAS – A 6-year-old boy kidnapped from a Las Vegas home by alleged drug dealers posing as policemen has been found alive in a neighborhood northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, police said early Sunday. The child was "in extremely good condition" and had been taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for examination, Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said at a news conference. "He is safe and in our custody," Cannito said. "It's a blessing this child has been found." Cole Puffinburger was recovered at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday after a caller informed detectives about a...

Investigators in Nevada say that the grandfather of a kidnapped 6-year-old Las Vegas boy has been captured in southern California after police named him a "person of interest" in the abduction. San Bernardino County Sheriff's records show Clemons Fred Tinnemeyer, who was last seen in May and was reported missing last month, was arrested last night in the city of Riverside.

AMBER ALERT LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police say they are looking for the grandfather of a missing boy who was presumed kidnapped in a case that apparently involves drug trafficking. Police Friday said Clemens Tinnemeyer was a "significant person of interest" in the abduction of 6-year-old Cole Puffinberger, and was believed to be involved in drug dealing when he was last seen in May. Tinnemeyer last had contact with his family in August. He was reported missing last month and was last seen driving a white 2004 Dodge pickup with Mississippi license plate KA6251. The Las...

Police believe they have found the remains of Brooke Bennett, 12, of Braintree. Police say the remains were found on property on Crocker Road in Randolph near the home of Michael Jacques. Police found ground there that had been recently disturbed yesterday. Today, a search found the body there. Police say Brooke's body was recovered at 4:45 p.m. An autopsy will be performed in Burlington to confirm it is Brooke and to try to find the cause of death. Police do call the death suspicious. Brooke's family was notified of the discovery. Brooke disappeared a week ago. She was last...

A woman was shot 13 times by the father of her two young boys today, and the man then took the children and fled, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 10:40 a.m. at a home in the 10000 block of McBroom Street, near the 210 Freeway just west of Sunland. The woman, who was not identified, is in serious condition at a local hospital, police said. The father, Jose Luis Ortega, 27, and the woman got into an argument after she dropped the boys off at the house, said Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn. Ortega then pulled out a...

Colin Nathaniel Custer, White, male, AGE 4 years old, HEIGHT 3 feet 00 inches, WEIGHT 35 lbs, WITH Hazel EYES AND short Blonde HAIR, WEARING grey with blue and red stripes short sleeve shirt, blue shorts pants, tan with blue stripes tennis shoes. THE CHILD IS LIKELY ABDUCTED BY Robert William Custer III, White, male, AGE 45 years old, HEIGHT 5 feet 08 inches, WEIGHT 200 lbs AND Balding Grey/Blonde HAIR. THEY MAY BE TRAVELING IN A 1988 White Chevrolet Conversion Van, LICENSE Q577ZE, FL, North towards Locust Grove, Virginia. Last seen in SC.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) - - The Albany Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert and is investigating a confirmed child abduction that occurred at 41 North Allen Street , in Albany, NY at about 3:00 PM on 4/7/2008. The CHILD, Jose Estrada is a Hispanic male , approximately 6 years old with brown hair and brown eyes . He is approximately 3 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 48 pounds. Jose was last seen wearing blue jeans, a mustard colored shirt and/or a plaid button down shirt, an orange jacket with blue sleeves, and black sneakers....

THIS IS A CHILD ABDUCTION EMERGENCY RECEIVED BY THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION730 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

Police said they are searching for a car that was stolen Wednesday night as two children were sleeping in the back seat. The car was reported stolen at about 7 p.m. from the 3300 block of Baring Street in the Powelton section of Philadelphia, police said. Police in the 16th District said it's believed that the vehicle was left running when it was stolen, and investigators were asking the public to look outside of their homes. The missing vehicle was described as a silver, 2005 X-5 BMW SUV with Pennsylvania tags GDF-1692. It was last seen on its way toward...

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Portsmouth Police Department at 1-888-562-5887 or Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453. MISSING: Matashia L'Faith Holder-Ricks Gender : female Race : black Date of Birth : 11/13/2007 Height : 3 feet 00 inches Weight : 8.1 Lbs Hair: black Eyes: brown Date and Time of Abduction: Dec 19, 2007 07:30 hours Circumstances: Child was last seen at 174 Allard Rd, Portsmouth, Virginia. Child was last seen wearing a leopard shirt, leopard pants, piink fury snow suit. Additional Significant Identifiers or Conditions of Child: She has sinus problems that are causing her to weeze. She is lactos...

Reward offered as 2-state search continues for missing Lincoln teen By Chris Norwood 11-09-2007 As the search for missing Donoho School senior Ben Stanford continued into its fourth day Thursday, some new information became available, but the 17-year-old Lincoln resident had still not been found. ERA King Real Estate, where his mother, Lynne Stanford, works, has announced a $20,000 reward for valid information “leading to Ben’s safe return,” according to a mass e-mail that went out Thursday evening. According to Talladega County District Attorney Steve Giddens, who is heading up the multi-agency investigation, Stanford was last seen Monday between 7:30...

Spring Lake — Harnett County authorities said they located the remains of a missing 11-month-old girl in the attic of her house Saturday. She had apparently been dead for weeks. Authorities had issued a statewide Amber Alert on Friday after Harmony Jude Creech's grandmother reported her missing at 11:30 a.m.

The Louisiana statewide AMBER ALERT system has been activated for Brittny Joynn Mayo, a white female who is 15 years of age. She is 5-foot-5, weighs 105 lbs, has brown hair, brown eyes and was wearing a tan sweater. According to a Louisiana State Police release, Mayo was abducted at knifepoint by Jasmine Nicholas, a 17-year-old African-American male with brown hair and brown eyes. State police believe the abduction occurred at the C125 Solars Trailer Park in Thibodaux. Mayo and her abductor were last seen in an older model, red Crown Victoria with temporary tags from Bayou Motors, state police...

Date Missing: 10/1/2007 Missing From: Bartow County: POLK Birth Date: 12/19/1991 Age Disappeared: 15 yrs 9 months Height: 5' 09" Race: White Hair: Brown Weight: 200 Sex: Female Eyes: Hazel Narrative: A Florida AMBER Alert has been issued for Alyssa Frank. She has naturally curly brown hair with blonde streaks on the top, hazel eyes, freckles, and 3 piercings on both ears. She was last seen in the area of 4000th block of Shay Dr. in Bartow, possibly wearing a pink or black "Tinkerbell” shirt, jeans, and black tennis shoes with gray and black checkered shoelaces. The child may be...

LOS ANGELES -- An AMBER Alert was issued for a Rialto man and his four children, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. In a news release on the San Bernardino Police Department Web site, police said they are looking for 28-year-old Joseph Anthony Sanchez in connection with the disappearance of the children.

On Aug. 1, 2002, California's first Amber Alert was issued for two teenage girls abducted from Quartz Hill's "lovers' lane." The program hadn't yet been signed into law, but the alerts went out on California Highway Patrol signs and over the radio, and a Caltrans employee spotted the kidnapper in Kern County. "It was really incredible," said Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster. "I don't even think Amber Alert was really up and running, but that was the first case. And it was so ironic - it was about a mile and a half from our house." Runner's husband, State Sen. George...

TACOMA – Pierce County prosecutors plan to file a charge of aggravated first degree murder against Terapon Adhahn for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Zina Linnik of Tacoma. Adhahn will be arraigned Monday at 1:30 p.m. After the arraignment, Prosecutor Gerald Horne will have 30 days to decide whether to seek the death penalty, Horne's office said. The only other possible sentence for an aggravated first-degree murder conviction is life without release. Linnik's family saw her suspected killer for the first time Thursday as Adhahn stood before a judge on multiple counts of rape and kidnapping in two other...

Zina Linnik was last seen around 9:45 p.m. on July 4, Tacoma police said. Witnesses reported hearing a scream and seeing an Asian male get into an older, gray van and drive away. Linnik is described as a blonde, 4-foot-11-inch-tall Ukrainian girl. She weighs 80 pounds and was reportedly wearing a pink T-shirt, capri pants and red flip-flop sandals at the time of her disappearance.

AMBER ALERT 06/23/2007 CHLD (2): WHT ML, 10 YRS, 4’8” 80 LBS, BLND HR, BLU EYES; WHT FEM, 8 YRS, 4’4” 60 LBS, BLND HR BLU EYES, SUSP: DARREL STULL, WHT ML, 36 YRS, 5’11” 150 LBS BLND HR, BLU EYES, WEARING BLUE T-SHRT AND BLUE JEANS. IF SEEN CALL 911 The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert on behalf of the Pennsylvania State Police, Corry Station, Crawford County. The Corry Station of the Pennsylvania State Police is searching for two children who were taken on June 22nd, 2007 from 22410 Little Cooley Road, Union City,...

AMBER ALERT 06/18/2007 CHILD: ALYSSA VOLTZ 15 MO. WHT FEMALE, BLONDE HR, BLUE EYES, NO CLOTHING, SUSPECT: ERIC VOLTZ, 26 YR OLD BLK MALE, SHORT BLK HAIR, WEARING WHT SHIRT, WHT SHORTS. VEH: GOLD DODGE NEON PA TAG WR78206. IF SEEN CALL 911 The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert on behalf of the Munhall Police Department, Allegheny County. The Munhall Police Department is searching for Alyssa Voltz, a 15-month-old white female child with blonde hair and blue eyes, possibly clothed in only a diaper. She was reported abducted on June 18th at approximately 4:30 pm...